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Suits me perfect, as I have an exam on the 19th, and would hate to miss this version / have reduced play-time. No offense to Cue, but I have been giggling about Larkins version since he first suggested it

I'm not certain why this didn't occur to me earlier, but (in hindsight especially) it seems pretty obvious there's no particular reason for the Inquisitor not to just start shooting people. Consequently it's rather important to start the game by finding somewhere to hide.

But power roles other than the inquisitor cant do anything if they hide... (right?)

Well, yes (I don't think the Inquisitor can do anything if he hides either). Thinking further about it, I suspect I mis-interpreted the rules to assume that once you've got a hiding spot you're safe there until it gets searched out: I guess in reality you're only safe while you take the "hide" action.

...though if that's true, you'd think the first thing you'd have to do is take a "search" action to find somewhere to hide, which means that the Inquisitor will always get a free kill on the first round (unless we assume everyone has somewhere to hide at the beginning of the game).

Hm... if a group acts together, could they collectively hide and follow someone at the same time?

But power roles other than the inquisitor cant do anything if they hide... (right?)

Well, yes (I don't think the Inquisitor can do anything if he hides either). Thinking further about it, I suspect I mis-interpreted the rules to assume that once you've got a hiding spot you're safe there until it gets searched out: I guess in reality you're only safe while you take the "hide" action.

...though if that's true, you'd think the first thing you'd have to do is take a "search" action to find somewhere to hide, which means that the Inquisitor will always get a free kill on the first round (unless we assume everyone has somewhere to hide at the beginning of the game).

Hm... if a group acts together, could they collectively hide and follow someone at the same time?

No, you're only safe while hiding. But if a group is working together they can find out more information collectively, while keeping more people safe collectively.

Turn 1 was rather amusing from my perspective, but I'll have to wait until the end of the game to explain why.

Presumably none of the power roles/groups opted to kill anybody. Cult likely decided they didn't have the firepower to kill the priest, Inquisitor could be looking for an acolyte and/or investigating somebody, the AA is probably looking for the gang while protecting the priest, and god only knows wtf everybody else is doin.

There are a few options. The simplest one is that nobody decided to kill anyone; instead they could have been hiding, following another player, searching for a hiding spot, investigating someone for heresy, etc etc. If the Inquisitor is working solo, he could have gone after someone who decided to hide, or run into someone wearing armor (I think that would fail, right?).

There are a few options. The simplest one is that nobody decided to kill anyone; instead they could have been hiding, following another player, searching for a hiding spot, investigating someone for heresy, etc etc. If the Inquisitor is working solo, he could have gone after someone who decided to hide, or run into someone wearing armor (I think that would fail, right?).

The Inquisitor's Kill power ignores status, so he can kill anybody without regard to strength.

There are a few options. The simplest one is that nobody decided to kill anyone; instead they could have been hiding, following another player, searching for a hiding spot, investigating someone for heresy, etc etc. If the Inquisitor is working solo, he could have gone after someone who decided to hide, or run into someone wearing armor (I think that would fail, right?).

The Inquisitor's Kill power ignores status, so he can kill anybody without regard to strength.

Not True. If the Inquisitor were somehow unarmed and unarmored, his Kill power would fail against a Target (1str vs 1str). It's still an Attack, but it just doesn't matter what the Target's Status is. If the Target is being protected by other people, their full strength still counts, just not the individual Target.